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ShapeMaker provides a new way to control and create an almost infinite number of unique and useful shapes within QuarkXPress. Shapes are indispensable in almost any design, whether it's a simple rectangle or a complicated silhouette. When QuarkXPress introduced Beziér curves in version 4 they opened a whole world of new shape possibilities, and ShapeMaker takes full advantage of this — no need to switch to an illustration application for those complex box shapes, it can all be done within QuarkXPress.Shapes can be combined and they can also be manipulated to further serve the designer's needs. Once a shape is created, this is often only the beginning. Implementing the ingenious way QuarkXPress generates shapes, a box can be switched into a text path or vice versa.Experiment and explore this vast universe of new designs. A basic list of shapes that can be created doesn't do ShapeMaker justice — for each type of shape there are almost infinite variations possible — but to whet the appetite, here's the short list: waves, zigzags, polygons, stars, double stars, swirls, flowers, quasars, polygons, golden rectangles, double squares, golden spirals, archimedian spirals, and various odd shapes. Each shape can be turned into a text box, a picture box, or a path so the uses are endless.Wave shapes are found throughout nature from water and clouds to a vibrating string. It also happens to be a way to create an almost endless variety of shapes, almost as many as there are different sounds.The polygon is by far the most-used shape in publishing and design because, after all, a rectangle is a polygon. We can't begin to write about the variety of polygons, but after a little experimentation you'll get the idea. Any shape settings can be saved and then recalled at a later date.Manufacturer: GLUON
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